Cuff-attacher



(No Model.)

- J. V.|PILGHER.

GUFF ATTAGHER.

No. 465,496. Patented Dec. 22, 1891.

Snom/Lion 33317, 114,0/ @Hoyt/1mi* UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN V. PILCHER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

CUFF-ATTACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,496, datedDecember22, 1891.

Application filed August I 1891. Serial No. 402,283. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN V. PILcHEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCui-Attachers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afnll, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of devices by means of which suchportions of clothing as cuffs, socks, &c., may be removably securedtoadjacent portions of a persons clothing at any desired height thereon,whereby the cuffs may be adjusted upon either the shirt-sleeve orcoat-sleeve to project as required; and its object is to provide meanswhereby the point of the clasp may be both strengthened andprotectedfrom` catching portions of clothing into it in service.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and arrangement ofparts forming a all-attacher, hereinafter described and claimed,reference being had to the ac'- companying drawings, in which Figure Iis a top View of a cuff-attacheraccording to my invention. Fig. II is aside view of the same. Fig. III is a longitudinal vertical sectionalview of the clasp portion, and Fig. IV is a transverse vertical sectionat line oc of Fig. III.

5 represents a clasp which is the subject of a former patent and cuts nofigure in the present application, excepting that it. is the means bywhich the clasp Gis connected with and attached to the clothing of thewearer. The clasp G, which is the subject of this invention, is adaptedto be attached to a cuff and to connect it by means'of the clasp 5 tothe clothing. This clasp G consists of a single piece of sheet springmetal bent midway at 7 to form the upper leaf S and lower leaf 9. Thelower leaf is bent upward at its outer end and formed into a hook 10 anda guide 11. The upper leaf is punched through from .its upper sidetopress down a fillet l2, which serves in place -of the tongue formerlyused to engage the hook l0. Above and at each side of the fillet 12 theupper plate is formed I give the shape of a star. The characteristicdifference between this fillet l2 and the old style of tongue is thatthe tongue, being necessarily light and small, was liable to becomebroken oil, and I have therefore left the end of what was the tongueconnected with the upper plate 8, whereby it is given the loop shapeshown in connection with the upward bend at 14 of the shield portion ofthe plate 8, as seen in Figs. II and III. The shield prevents anyportion of the clothing entering between the guide 11 and the end oflthe hook l0 and being caught by the hook.

15 represents a portion of the lower plate projecting beyond the base ofthe hook 10 to prevent the hook being pushed too far through abutton-hole, and to prevent the lower plate 9 from following the hookand working bodily through the button-hole; but there is no claim madeto the projection 15 in the present case.

In service the fillet 12 being normally free sprung upward and willadmit a cuff between it and the hook 10. Then the hook 10 and guide llare passed as a single piece upward through the button-hole of a cuff,and the shield 13, being pressed downward, forces the fillet 12 betweenthe guide l1 and the end of the hook 10, and the springof the bodyportions 8 and 9 causes the Iilletf12 and the hook 10 to engage eachother securely.

In the old style it was possible for the guide portion 11, whenprojecting above the plate 8 in service, to be caught upon the clothing,and the clasp would thereby become unhooked; but in the present case theshield 13 completely covers the point of this guide 11, as well as thewhole top of the hook 10, and prevents anything catching to either orbeing worked in between them. The tongue or Iiilet portion 12 is madeduly strong for all 1egitimate purposes by being engaged at both endswith or made integra-l` with the plate S.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI believe to be new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

A cuff-fastener clasp comprising an upper from the hook 10, the upperplate 8 stands.

into a shield 13,to which,asamatter offancy,

and lower plate joined at one end, one of said around the said llet,substantially las deplates being provided at the other end with scribed.v :o a hook and the other plate being provided In testimony whereof Iaffix my signaturein with a fillet adapted to register with andenpresence oftwo witnesses.

5 gage the said hook, the said illepbeing at both JOHN V. PILC HER.

ends secured to or integral with the said up- Vitnesses: per plate, anda. portion of the said upper C. L. HAMILTON,

vplate formed as a. shield above the said hook E. M. WARDER.

